whack

Betekenis (English)

Noun

1. The sound of a heavy strike.
2. The strike itself.
3. The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
4. (slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
5. A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
6. (obsolete) A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
7. (obsolete) A deal, an agreement.
8. PCP, phencyclidine (as also wack).
9. (slang) The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.

Verb

1. To hit, slap or strike.
2. (slang) To assassinate, bump off.
3. (slang) To share or parcel out (often with up).
4. To beat convincingly; to thrash.
5. To surpass; to better.

Adj

Alternative form of wack (“crazy”)

Synonyms

smack

strike

knock

blow

thwack

hit

wallop

bang

slap

bash

belt

whang

thump

slam

whop

wham

stroke

smite

pelt

smash

cudgel

swipe

beat

thrash

bop

jolt

slug

hit hard

belabour

bump

slog

attack

👊

clobber

impact

whomp

rap

biff

chop

punch

👊

clout

sock

strike down

strike out

swig

swing

tan

thud

trial

visit

whip

strike hard

whap

heavy thrashing

assault

beat hard

blast

blurt

bonk

boom

💥

box

📦

capture

catch

chop up

clump

compact

coup

cuff

cut

drive

get hold of

go

hack

hard-hit

hitting

jab

knap

lam

lick

percussion

pick up

plump

plunk

poke

pommel

portion

pounding

pull

pummel

rodding

share

shot

smacker

spank

spanking

spring

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/wæk/

Etimologie (English)

Cognate with Middle English: thakken

Cognate with Old English: þaccian

In summary

Uncertain. Originally Scottish; probably onomatopoeic, but compare Middle English thakken < Old English þaccian (whence Modern thwack by conflation with whack).